@article {Bahtiarian:2019:0736-2935:210,
title = "Can Digital Newspapers Save the Pressman's Hearing?",
journal = "INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings",
parent_itemid = "infobike://ince/incecp",
publishercode ="ince",
year = "2019",
volume = "260",
number = "1",
publication date ="2019-10-03T00:00:00",
pages = "210-217",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "0736-2935",
url = "https://ince.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/ince/incecp/2019/00000260/00000001/art00021",
author = "Bahtiarian, Michael",
abstract = "We are well into a transition period between digital and print newspapers and other media. One of the major newspapers consolidated its printing operations in the last 2 years. The newspaper took existing presses and moved them to a new facility, which prints three different major metropolitan
newspapers. The facility is nearly state-of-the-art for printing. However, state-of-the-art is still nearly 20 years old. The consultant was given unfettered access to the print facility. With that access sound measurements were taken in and around the roaring print machines, which can produce
up to 100,000 copies per hour. Noise levels as high as 103 dBA were measured in certain locations. The typical press has limited noise mitigation options such that access to the printers is never limited. However, the presses need constant attention, the work of the pressmen
a vanishing skilled tradesman. Can engineering controls be used to limit the pressmen's sound exposure? As important, is there enough time to get the return on investment?",
}